# SDK Benchmark Tests workflow (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python)

> The SDK Benchmark Tests workflow from open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

Source: https://latchkey.dev/workflows/open-telemetry-opentelemetry-python-benchmarks  
Upstream: [open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/blob/main/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml) (.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml), licence Apache-2.0

## What it does

This is the SDK Benchmark Tests workflow from the open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

## The workflow

```yaml
name: SDK Benchmark Tests

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  sdk-benchmarks:
    permissions:
      contents: write # required for pushing to gh-pages
    runs-on: oracle-bare-metal-64cpu-1024gb-x86-64-ubuntu-24
    container:
      image: python:3.13-slim
    steps:
    - name: Install Git # since Git isn't available in the container image used above
      run: |
        apt-get update
        apt-get install -y git
    - name: Make repo safe for Git inside container
      run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
    - name: Checkout Core Repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Install tox
      run: pip install tox-uv
    - name: Run tox
      run: tox -e benchmark-opentelemetry-sdk -- -k opentelemetry-sdk/benchmarks --benchmark-json=opentelemetry-sdk/output.json
    - name: Report on SDK benchmark results
      uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
      with:
        name: OpenTelemetry Python SDK Benchmarks
        tool: pytest
        output-file-path: opentelemetry-sdk/output.json
        gh-pages-branch: gh-pages
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        # Make a commit on `gh-pages` with benchmarks from previous step
        benchmark-data-dir-path: "benchmarks"
        auto-push: true
        max-items-in-chart: 100
        # Alert with a commit comment on possible performance regression
        alert-threshold: '200%'
        comment-on-alert: true
        alert-comment-cc-users: "@open-telemetry/python-approvers,@open-telemetry/python-maintainers"
```

## FAQ

### What does the SDK Benchmark Tests workflow (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python) workflow do?

This is the SDK Benchmark Tests workflow from the open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

### What CI health grade does this workflow get?

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